Missing authorization in Modula Image Gallery exposes passwords
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Modula Image Gallery plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 3.0.11. Missing authorization (CWE-862) lets the core WordPress REST route for modula-gallery expose the modulaSettings field without the password redaction the plugin applies on its own endpoint. An unauthenticated remote attacker can read the plaintext Password Protect password and username for every published gallery.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.11 via the 'id (post ID in /wp-json/wp/v2/modula-gallery/{id}) or none for collection route' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract the plaintext Password Protect password and username for every published gallery from the modulaSettings REST field. The plugin's own /wp-json/modula/v2/gallery/{id}/settings endpoint correctly redacts the password for unauthenticated callers via redact_settings_for_public(), but no equivalent redaction is applied on the core /wp-json/wp/v2/modula-gallery path exposed by show_in_rest=true CPT registration.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Modula Image Gallery.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107659
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-mx2w-w29v-38jq
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ea70ffaf-b78b-4550-b334-d105f25b3f61?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/3.0.11/includes/admin/cpt/class-modula-cpt.php#L209
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/3.0.11/includes/admin/cpt/class-modula-cpt.php#L189
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/3.0.11/includes/admin/cpt/class-modula-cpt.php#L141
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3729079/modula-best-grid-gallery/trunk/includes/admin/cpt/class-modula-cpt.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-107659 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107659 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mx2w-w29v-38jq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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